Commissions, Competitions and Public Works
- 2024 - The Fox Fir Tree, Tarporley High Street, Cheshire.
- 2022 - The Harley Art Trail, The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK.
- 2021 - The Cashless Cache Machine (Spend A Penny), Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds, UK.
- 2019 - Applause Chandelier 'Joy', Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK.
- 2018 - Kinetic Arbortum, The Royal Horticultural Society. RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, RHS Hampton Court Flower Show and RHS Tatton Park.
- 2017 - Zoar Trees, external sculpture commission for the Canalfon Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK.
- 2016 - Marvellous Mechanica presented by Hole & Corner Magazine, a site specific kinetic installation in the Chapel of the House of St Barnabas, London.
- 2014 - Rainbow, kinetic sculpture for the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
- 2013 - Machines in the Trees, The Zygote Festival, Arts NK, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK.
- 2013 - A.W.E. (Automated Winding Engine). Kinetic robot for the MB&F MAD Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2013 - Tweet Clock. Mechanical Alarm Clock for Kikkerland, USA.
- 2012 - 'Hoo-ray and up she rises'. Kinetic window commissioned by Opera North for Overworlds and Underworlds, a Cultural Olympiad project in Leeds, UK. The Artistic Directors of Overworlds and Underworlds are the artists and filmmakers The Quay Brothers.
- 2012 - Kinetic Tricycle and Kinetic Sun. Collaboration with Freedom Studios for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford on Avon, UK.
- 2009 - Flintham Weather Station, Flintham Museum, Nottinghamshire, UK. A Museumaker Project.
- 2006 - Concentric Wave. The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK
- 2003 - Cuckoos' Clockwork. The Museum of Toys and Automata, Arima, Japan.
- 2002 - Pigeon Wave. Clock for Cardiff Central Station, Wales, UK
- 2000 - From Muck to Gold, Basic Needs Pavilion. World Expo, Hannover, Germany.
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2017 - Marvellous Mechanicals, Art Unpacked touring exhibition, UK.
- 2016 - A Curious Turn, Crafts Council touring exhibition, UK.
- 2013 - In A.W.E., MB&F MAD Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2013 - 2.0 Exhibition by Rossana Orlandi at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan, Italy.
- 2012 - A Spatial Surprise. MInt, Alexanader Square, London.
- 2012 - InterPlay: Mechanical Objects, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- 2012 - 'With Movement', Laikingland, Ventura Lambrate, Salone de Mobile, Milano, Italy.
- 2011 - Object Abuse, KK Outlet, Hoxton Square, London.
- 2011 - FUNction, Laikingland, Ventura Lambrate, Salone de Mobile, Milano, Italy.
- 2010 - Handcrafted in Britain, The Conran Shop, Michelin House, Chelsea, London.
- 2010 - Laikingland Showcase,The KK Outlet , Hoxton Square, London.
- 2010 - Applause Machine window, Colette, Paris, France.
- 2010 - The CultureLabel Pop-up Store, LDA Pavillion, World Expo, Shanghai, China.
- 2010 - Creative Collaborations, Laikingland, Ventura Lambrate, Salone de Mobile, Milano, Italy.
- 2010 - Kinetica Art Fair, P3, London.
- 2009 - Laikingland, 100% Design, Earls Court, London.
- 2009 - Kinetica Art Fair, P3, London.
- 2008 - Flipside Gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- 2007 - Cabaret Mechanical Theatre at the Kinetica Gallery, London.
- 2007 - A Piece of the Action, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset, UK.
- 2006 - 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK.
- 2005 - Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, The Gallery at OXO Tower Wharf, London.
- 2005 - Full Fathom Five. Six Chapel Row and Hitchcocks', Bath, UK.
- 2004 - A Cabaret Mechanical Christmas. The Gallery at OXO Tower Wharf, London,
- 2004 - Jeux d'automates. Musée des Automates, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France.
- 2003 - Cabaret Mechanical Festival. The Gallery at OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK.
- 2003 - Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany.
- 2003 - Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. The royal Pump Rooms, Royal Leamington Spa, UK.
- 2003 - Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK.
- 2002 - Out of the box, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, London, UK.
- 2002 - The Rude exhibition, Hitchcocks', Bath, UK.
- 2001 - in-art-iculate, art.tm, Inverness, Scotland. Then toured throughout 2002.
- 2001 - Ark, Hitchcocks', Bath, UK.
- 2001 - Up and Running, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK.
- 2000 - Tick-Tock 2000, The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK. (tour).
- 2000 - The Silent scene; the cultural script in the frame, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, UK.
- 1999 - A Moving Experience, Oxford Gallery, UK.
- 1998 - Kunstlerisches Spielzeus, Munich, Germany.
- 1998 - Art on the Move, Wysing Arts, Cambridge, UK.
- 1998 - The Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1996 - The Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK.
- 1996 - Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK.
- 1995 - Museum of Automata, York, UK.
- 1994 - Cogs, Cams, Springs and Things, The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK.
Other Activities
- 2013 - Guest Lecturer, Design Products, Royal College of Art, London.
- 2013 -2016 - External Examiner, International Foundation, University of Leeds, UK.
- 2013 - Guest Lecturer, BA Hons Surface Pattern Design/Textile Surfaces, Staffordshire University, UK.
- 2012 - Guest Lecturer, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- 2011 - Guest Lecturer, BA Hons Product Design and Engineering, Middlesex University, London.
- 2008 - Co-founder of Laikingland, a product design practice that develops and manufactures mechanical objects and devices.
- 2005 - 2012 - Associate Lecturer, Leeds College of Art, UK.
- 2006 - 2208 - Workshop leader, Learning Journeys, NESTA and Bradford Industrial Museum, UK.
- 2005 - Co-founder of Radiant Works, a non-commercial visual arts resource in Huddersfield, UK.
- 1999 - Mechanical sets and puppets for Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation's production, Tunnelvision.
- 1997 - Mechanical sets and puppets for Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation's production, Shot at the Troff.
- 1994 - Guest Lecturer, BA Hons Design Crafts, Herefordshire College of Art and Design, UK.
Work available from:
The M.A.D. Galleries, Geneva, Taipei and Dubai
The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mint, London, United Kingdom.
Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy.
